Longmont police say man passed $38,000 in bad checks

Longmont police say they have arrested a man who passed nearly $22,000 in bad checks in a 24-hour period this week.

A police report said that Joshua Michael Heard, also known as Joshua McKnight, faces felony charges for fraud by check, identity theft and theft greater than $20,000.

Police say that on Monday and Tuesday, Heard passed seven checks totaling $21,943 from an account closed in May. The report said he bought "high dollar items" from Longmont-area businesses and individuals.

Heard also is accused of writing checks on another man's account in the amount of $15,864.

Heard was arrested Tuesday on unrelated, no-bond felony warrants out of Texas for larceny and parole violations, according to a police report. Police say Heard, 44, confessed to passing the bad checks. They had received numerous complaints regarding the checks.

When Heard spoke with a police investigator regarding the checks, he still had the checkbooks and carbon copies of the bad checks in his possession, police said.

Cmdr. Jeff Satur said police are still investigating to see if more people or businesses have received bad checks written by Heard.

Court records show Heard has convictions dating back to 1995 for forgery, theft, auto theft, felony driving on a revoked license, driving while ability impaired and assault from Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Gilpin and Weld counties.

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